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23Re-thinking the Ethics of International Bioethics ConferencingAmerican Journal of Bioethics 24 (4): 55-57. 2024.Jecker and colleagues open (2024) a critical and needed dialogue about the ethics of international conferencing. In particular, they focus on proposing a set of principles in selecting the location...
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19Black Panther and philosophy: what can Wakanda offer the world? (edited book)Wiley. 2022.When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) …Read more
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11Narrative Practice Apart From TruthAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 3 (4): 91-92. 2012.
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24A Relational Take on Advisory Brain Implant SystemsAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 6 (4): 46-47. 2015.Gilbert (2015) warns us that advisory brain implant systems—neural implants that predict brain activity and give the user advice based on those predictions—could threaten the user's autonomy. If th...
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Black Panther and Philosophy (edited book)Wiley. 2022.When the character of Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four no. 52 in July 1966, legendary creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn't just write a story about another hero with extraordinary powers, they birthed the first Black superhero. For Lee, "it was a very normal thing," because "A good many of our people here in America are not white. You've got to recognize that and you've got to include them whatever you do." While it might've seemed normal to Lee, Black Panther's (and Wakanda's) …Read more
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8When Tech Meets TraditionIn Edwardo Pérez & Timothy E. Brown (eds.), Black Panther and Philosophy, Wiley. 2022.Black Panther, even with the deep problems in how it represents Black American men, grapples with messy histories directly, in plain sight of white audiences. The motivations and struggles of the characters Shuri and Erik "Killmonger" Stevens, in particular, show us how Black Panther's blend of Africanfuturism and Afrofuturism is meant to teach us how our memories of the past must connect with our visions of the future. Black Panther presents a vision of a distinctly African future that not only…Read more
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9IntroductionIn Edwardo Pérez & Timothy E. Brown (eds.), Black Panther and Philosophy, Wiley. 2022.
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70Mapping the Dimensions of AgencyAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 12 (2): 172-186. 2021.Neural devices have the capacity to enable users to regain abilities lost due to disease or injury – for instance, a deep brain stimulator (DBS) that allows a person with Parkinson’s disease to regain the ability to fluently perform movements or a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) that enables a person with spinal cord injury to control a robotic arm. While users recognize and appreciate the technologies’ capacity to maintain or restore their capabilities, the neuroethics literature is replete with…Read more
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31Deconstructing Structural Injustices in the Clinic, Classroom, and BoardroomAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (3): 29-32. 2022.Russell articulates compelling reasons that bioethicists and health care professionals should take individual responsibility for deconstructing structural injustices in healthcare through in...
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47Relational Autonomy and the Quantified RelationshipAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (2): 39-40. 2018.
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41Others' Contributions to an Individual's Narrative Identity MatterAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 8 (3): 176-178. 2017.
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15Ambiguous Agency as a Frame on Neural Device User ExperienceAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 14 (1): 50-52. 2023.Haeusermann et al. (2023) provide a valuable ethnographic window into how RNS device users understand themselves in relation to refractory epilepsy, the medications for it, and the use of the impla...
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26Included but Still Invisible?: Considering the Protection-Inclusion Dilemma in Qualitative Research FindingsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 23 (6): 97-100. 2023.The COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate harm to racialized communities and increased public attention to the deaths of Black people at the hands of police (Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor, George F...
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33Integrating Equity Work throughout BioethicsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (1): 26-27. 2022.As members of a neuroethics research group funded by the NIH, we echo the call from Fabi and Goldberg for greater funding parity between the ethics of specialized medical technologies and br...
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29Asking questions that matter – Question prompt lists as tools for improving the consent process for neurotechnology clinical trialsFrontiers in Human Neuroscience 16. 2022.Implantable neurotechnology devices such as Brain Computer Interfaces and Deep Brain Stimulators are an increasing part of treating or exploring potential treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders. While only a few devices are approved, many promising prospects for future devices are under investigation. The decision to participate in a clinical trial can be challenging, given a variety of risks to be taken into consideration. During the consent process, prospective participants migh…Read more
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34Neurotechnology ethics and relational agencyPhilosophy Compass 16 (4). 2021.Novel neurotechnologies, like deep brain stimulation and brain‐computer interface, offer great hope for treating, curing, and preventing disease, but raise important questions about effects these devices may have on human identity, authenticity, and autonomy. After briefly assessing recent narrative work in these areas, we show that agency is a phenomenon key to all three goods and highlight the ways in which neural devices can help to draw attention to the relational nature of our agency. Drawi…Read more